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Benjamin A. Olken

TEPCO Professor of Economics · MIT

TEPCO Professor of Economics at MIT and Director of J-PAL; works on development economics, with emphasis on public-sector performance, governance, taxation and environmental problems in developing countries. Fellow of the Econometric Society (2022).

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Published American Economic Review Published Sep 2026

Optimal Public Transportation Networks: Evidence from the World's Largest Bus Rapid Transit System in Jakarta

Gabriel Kreindler · Arya Gaduh · Tilman Graff · Rema Hanna · Benjamin A. Olken

This paper studies how commuter preferences over wait times, travel times, and transfers should shape the design of urban bus networks, using the world's largest Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system — …

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Career

2025 – present TEPCO Professor of Economics, MIT
2012 – present Director, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), MIT
2020 – 2025 Jane Berkowitz Carlton and Dennis William Carlton Professor of Microeconomics, MIT
2012 – 2020 Professor of Economics, MIT
2008 – 2012 Associate Professor with Tenure, MIT
2005 – 2008 Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows

Editorial roles

Editor American Economic Journal: Applied Economics2020–2025
Co-Editor American Economic Journal: Applied Economics2016–2019
Associate Editor Review of Economics and Statistics2012–2021
Associate Editor Journal of Development Economics2010–present

Research topics

Public Finance Macroeconomics Economic Growth

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Gabriel Kreindler Arya Gaduh Tilman Graff Rema Hanna

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